Salary information for nursing jobs in Canada. Job salaries for nursing as a career might increase above these levels if the registered nurse assumes other duties and responsibilities besides direct patient care.

You can view the registered nurse salary payscale for nursing jobs in Canada on the websites of the various labour unions that represent nurses in the 13 provinces and territories.

Collective agreements on those union websites will provide details for each individual province and the wage payscale for nurses in that province.

www.registered-nurse-canada.com has summarized salary information in tabular format on the following pages:

• registered nurse salaries
• payscale for a licensed practical nurse salary.

More Salary Information

Dollars per hour or annual salary amounts do not provide the whole picture of what nurses are paid in Canada. Because of the efforts of labour unions nurses enjoy a wide variety of benefits that may not show up on the paycheque but nevertheless have real monetary value.

These benefits include:

• a pension plan - some money is deducted every month and contributed to a pension plan. Additional money is contributed to the pension account by the employer on behalf of the employee.


• paid sick time - sick time is accrued on an annual basis at a rate that ranges from 1 to 1 1/2 days per month. As long you have unpaid sick time, when work is missed due to illness you receive regular pay and benefits for that day.


• paid statutory holidays - If you work on a statutory holiday, the pay for work that day would be paid out at the rate specified in the union contract. This is usually time and a half or double time for some holidays such a Christmas or New Year's Day. Additionally you would receive a day off with pay, so in fact you would actually be paid anywhere from 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 times the hourly rate for working on a statutory holiday.


• paid vacation - vacation benefits for nursing jobs in Canada are paid days. Union contracts specify anywhere from 15 - 20 days for the first year of vacation. More days accrue with every year of work. As an example a registered nurse with ten years experience would receive 26 days of vacation in British Columbia , in Saskatchewan that would be 15 days and in Manitoba 20 days. It is obvious then that some variation does exist in paid vacation days between provinces.


• life insurance policy - many unions negotiate for life insurance benefits to be paid by the employer. The life insurance policy is in effect as long as the individual is employed.


• medical insurance premiums paid by the employer

Compare the hourly rate for Registered Nurse Salaries across the Canadian Provinces

Compare the Registered Nurse Salary with the salary for a Licensed Practical Nurse.

View the payroll deductions for nursing jobs in Canada

Read about other working conditions that can increase the hourly rate of registered nurse salaries

Links to Labour Unions representing Nurses in Canada

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